Printed Document Describing the Meeting of the Presbytery of New Castle on October 5, 1853, When the Decision Was Made to Found The Ashmun Institute. Verso Contains Unsigned Handwritten Note, Dated 12-17-1853, Attributed to Sarah Emlen Cresson...

John Henry Hill was born a slave in King and Queen County, Virginia, in March 1828. He escaped from the institution of slavery in 1853 and fled to Canada. He was very active in the Underground Railroad movement in Canada. After the Civil War...

William Henry Johnson is shown in this 1889 wedding photograph with Mrs. Nannie Brewer Johnson. William Henry Johnson was the son of Henry Johnson, who had been born a slave on the old Fleet Plantation site. Mrs. Nannie Brewer Johnson was also...

The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for...

Leland University owes its existence to the wise forethought and broad generosity of Holbrook Chamberlain, a resident of Brooklyn, New York. Chamberlain came to New Orleans for the purpose of establishing an institution of higher learning for...

Southern University and A&M College--History;
Southern University and A & M College-Administration

Southern University Founders Day March 9, 1938. Picture caption reads: 25 Years of Service - 24 Years of Growth. Image at far right is of President Joseph S. Clark alongside his wife Octavia H. Clark and son Felton G. Clark.

A 1941 photograph of Dr. James E. Shepard and his family at North Carolina College for Negroes (front row left to right) Annie Day Shepard, his wife; James E. Shepard; and daughter Marjorie; (standing) daughter Annie Day Smith; niece Virginia S....

3-Ring Looseleaf Binder. Minutes Preceded By 5 Pages From 1943/44-1946/47, Apparently Documenting Faculty Attendance at Faculty Meetings and Faculty on Leave. Also Faculty List (ND). Minutes are Typed on One Side and Signed (For the Most Part) By...

The "Clarks "Standing left to right: Dr. Felton G. Clark [son and president of Southern University and A&M College], Dr. Joseph S. Clark [father, president emeritus of Southern University and A&M College and husband] and Mrs. Octavia H. Clark...

Mrs. Annie Day Robinson Shepard was the devoted wife of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University. Mrs. Shepard wrote the lyrics to North Carolina Central University’s Alma Mater, “Dear Old N.C.C.” Mrs. Shepard served on...

This building was named in honor of Annie Day Robinson Shepard, devoted wife of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University for her contributions and years of service to the students and the university. Mrs. Shepard wrote...

Dr. J. Neal Hughley and his wife Sadie Hughley conversing with Dr. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson. In 1955 Dr. J. Neal Hughley became the first campus minister and he also served as a professor of economics. Mrs. Sadie Hughley served as Supervisor and...